Private gardens open their gates on June 12 & 13th

London Parks & Gardens Trust is offering the opportunity to visit more than 120 private gardens & squares as part of Open Garden Squares Weekend, which will take place on June 12 & 13, 2010.

For the third year, this popular event will be sponsored by Transport for London (TfL). Visitors from all over London and far beyond will have the rare chance to enter a vast array of inspirational gardens which are not usually open to the public - ranging from the historically memorable to the small and quirky; from the contemporary and eco-friendly to renowned roof gardens, cemeteries and working allotments.

Over 200 gardens are participating in the weekend with 31 taking part for the first time.

Local g ardens open over the weekend of June 12th and 13th include:

• Chiswick House Walled Gardens
• Chiswick Park
• Sutton Court
• Emery Walker's House
• Fulham Palace
• Fulham Palace Meadows Allotments
• Hammersmith Sunken Garden
• HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (special conditions apply)
• John Betts House (for the first time)
• William Morris Society
  

May 31, 2010